Stirrup-leather stay



(No Model.)

J. D. PADGITT. STIRRUP LBATHER STAY.

No. 425.184'. P atented Apr. 8, 1890 M WM WTVESSES:

leather or strap A passes after passin g aroun d UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JESSE D. PADGITT, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

STIRRUP-LEATHER STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,184, dated April 8,1890.

To all whom it may ccncern:

Be it known that I, JESSE D. PADGITT, of Dallas, in the county of Dallasand State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement instirrup-Leather Stays, of which the following is a specification. y

The object of the invention is to provide a stay which will cause thestirrup to hang in proper position for insertion of the rider s foot innounting; and the invention consists in the construction and combinationof parts, as Will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side View, Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective side view, of nyinvention.

A represents a stirru p leather or strap, and B the stirrup; and D is nyimproved stay, preferably formed by casting it in a single piece orstriking it up from a piece of sheet metal, or it may be nade of leatheror other material. The stay is U shape in cross-section and of a lengthto enbrace the crosspiece b of the stirrup. Centrally of upper edges ofthe stay D are two outWardly-proj ecting loops d d, through which thestirrup the outer side of the stay.

The stayD is about the same length as the cross-piece b of the stirrup,and the loops d d are just wide enough for the stirrup leather or strap,and therefore the cross-piece b cannot slide back and forth in thestirrup-leather loop and cause the stirrup to hang at an incline orone-sided.

The stirrup-leather Will always be held in the center of the stirrup, sothat the 'footbearing will be equal and riding be made easier. Toillustrate more fully, let us take Serial No. 3Z6,29l. (No model.)

incline or one-sided instead of straight. If ny stay is applied to sucha stirrup,the straps or leathers,though much narrower than thecrosspiece, will always cause the stirrup to hang properly by reason ofthe central loops (Z (l, which prevent any sliding movement of thestirrup leathers or straps. Much narrower straps or leathers maytheretore be used with such stirrups than heretofore, and at the sametime With perfect success. Where a stirrup hangs one-sided,^it is verydisagreeable for a rider to nount, and, as before stated, thefootbearings are not central and stable, but shift and-cause a strain onthe feet to keep the stirrups in proper position. The stays also protectthe stirrup-leathers from wear, as the stirrup cross-piece turns inthem, while they do notnove on the leathers or straps at all.

The loops of the stay can be nade to fit any size stirrup-leatherdesired. The stay Will save wear on a broad as well as on a narrowstirrup-leather.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. The U-shaped stay D, forned along its upper edges Withoutwardly-extending loops d d of less'length than the stay,substantially as set forth.

2. The conbination, with the stirru p, of the U-shaped stay enbracingthe stirrup crosspiece and extending adjacent to the ends th ereof andthe central loops d d along the upper edges of the stay, and ot' lesslength than the stay, to receive the relatvely narrow stir- 'up-strap A,Whereby a narrow stirrup-strap nay be successfully used on a stirruphaving a Wide upper end, substantally as set forth.

JESSE D. PADGITT.

itnessesz HoWARD KEYES, WILLIAM C. PADGITT.

